Online activation (what if?) question

I've had my iPhone since mid-August and have been quite pleased with it. All updates have gone well, with the exception of the following little burp.
This problem was a result of a freak coincidence of my ISP going down during the update.
The update downloaded perfectly and the install seemed to go smoothly. But finishing up, iTunes wants to log into the iTunes store, apparently for activation confirmation. This is apparently when my service went down. (All internet, email, etc. also down.) My phone was in the "Slide for emergency" state until my ISP came back online. It only took an hour or so for the service to return (I had to click off of the phone in iTunes, then click back to it for it to retry). It then reactivated just fine and all is well.
But it brings up the question that what if the service had been out a day or more? (It's been down as long as a day and a half before.) What would be the alternative to get reactivated in this case?
Message was edited by: Michael252

I have a related issue myself. Realted in far as I don't have signal at my home (well, if real lucky right next to window or outside I can get 1 bar if i am patient. So for me, I find myself holding phone as far as I can get the cord from the PC to the window trying to get a signal so it can re-activate with AT&T (fine with iTunes connection, but also needs signal to AT&T). So far have not had any major issue as I eventually get a signal, but this last update 1.1.2 took longer to get a signal and finally did pop up a message on the phone saying unable to get signal and it was required to reactivate. I know it is a multistage activation where it has to be in iTunes to get part of the activateion done, and a signal to carrier for rest. I am just too afraid to unplug to take it outside to get better signal unsure if I unplug will it fail. But, it eventually got a signal and the moment it did, it activated.
Just sort of a pain, but I can live with it. Not like there are that many updates (but am thinking of rearranging office furniture to get PC closer to window).

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